Door-hanger.



No. 668.986. Patented Feb. 26, |90I..

Y F. A. ENGLEBBIGHT.

DUUR HANGER.

(Application led June 25, 1900.)

(No Modal.)

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FREDERICK A. ENGLEBRIGHT, OF FARMINGTON, IOWA.

DOOR-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming` part of Letters Patent No. 668,986, datedFebruary26, 1901.

Application filed June 25, 1900. beral No. 21,517. kilo model.)

To if/ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK A. ENGLE- BRIGHT, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Farmington, in the county of Van Buren and State ofIowa, have invented a new andusefulDoor-Hanger, of which the followingis a specication. Y

This invention relates to door-hangers, and has for its object toprovide an improved form of track for supporting the rollers or wheelsof a sliding door and to eiectively protect said wheels from the eiectsof the weather. It is furthermore designed to provide improved means forconnecting the track to the side of a barn or car, so that said trackmaybe irmly held in place, and arranged to prevent rain, dac., fromgaining access between the track and the adjacent side of the barn orcar.

With these and other objects in view the present invention consists inthe combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter morefully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularlypointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes inthe form, proportion, size, and minor details may be made, within thescope of the claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing anyof the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a door-hangerconstructed and arranged in accordance with the present invention. Fig.2 is a transverse sectional View thereof.

Corresponding parts are designated by like characters of reference inboth of the gures of the drawings.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 designates the wall of a barn,car, or other building having a sliding door 2. Located above thedoorway and extending a suitable distance beyond one side thereof is abeam or sill 3, to which the track is to be connected.

The track is formed from a single blank of metal 4, which has its loweredge bent laterally,as at 5, to form the track proper and then bentupwardly to form an upstanding longitudinally-disposed flange 6, whilethe upper edge of the blank is bent outwardly, as at 7, in the samedirection as the lower edge and thence downwardly,as at 8, so as to forma substantially tubular track. The pendent flange portion Sterminatesasuitable distance above the upstanding liange 6,so as to form alongitudinally-disposed lateral entrance slot or opening for the tubulartrack, and is bent laterally-outward, as at 9, so as to provide anoutwardly directed shed or roof having a pendent outer fiange 10, whichterminates at or about the horizontal plane of the lower edge of thetrack, so as to form a lateral closure for the entrance slot or openingof the track. The rear side of the track is free from projections and isplaced flat against the outer side of the sill or beam 3, and projectingabove the upper edge of the track is an inverted substantially L.-shaped ange 1l, which is secured to the body of the track in anypreferred manner and snugly tits and embraces the upper edge of thebeam,to which it is connected by means of suitable fastenings 12, whichare driven laterally into the beam. By this arrangement the jointbetween the upper edge of the track and the adjacent outer side ofthebeam 3 is effectively covered, so as to exclude rain, snow, sleet, dac.,from gaining access between the track and the side of the barn. Securedto the under side of the track is a rearwardly-directed Iiange 13, whichlits against the under edge of the beam, to which it is secured by meansof suitable fastenings 14, whereby the track is secured to both theupper and lower edges of the beam, so as to embrace the latter and forma strong and rigid connection for the track. The flanges 11 and 13 areform ed separate and soldered or otherwise secured to the respectiveupper and lower edges of the track, or they may be formed from a singleblank of metal and secured to the rear side or back of the track.

The door is provided with the opposite roller-brackets 15, which aresecured to the outer side thereof and adjacent to the opposite front andrear edges of the door. The heads or upper ends 16 of these bracketsproject above the upper edge of the door, and each head is provided witha lateral shaft or stud 17, which overhangs the upper edge of the doorand carries a loosely-mounted wheel or roller 18, that travels withinthe tubular track.

Originally the opposite ends of the tubular track are open, so that therollers or wheels may be entered into the track from either open IOO endthereof, after which said ends are closed by means of wooden blocks 19to form stops, and thus limit the movement of the door in oppositedirections, and thereby prevent endwise displacement of the rollers. Itwill now be seen that the lateral slot or opening of the trackaccommodates the shafts or studs and the heads of the roller-bracketswhich are housed within the overhanging shed or roof 9, so as to beeectively protected against the weather. Also the pendent ange 10 formsa lateral protection and obstructs the lateral opening of the track, soas to prevent birds from gaining access to the interior of the track andbuilding nests therein.

As best shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, the vertically-disposed flanges6l and 8 are arranged in the same plane and are located adjacent to theouter'side of the roller, so that the tubular track is but slightlyWider than the roller, in order that the latter will have substantiallyno lateral play, whereby the door will run smoothly and will beprevented from swinging outwardly at the bottom thereof. Also the anges9 and l0 are located outwardly from the outer side of the tubular trackproper, so as to form a Watershed to effectively direct the rainoutwardly from the track, and are arranged to overhang the spindle 17and the upper end of the rollerbracket, whereby the latter areconveniently accommodated and also housed from the weather.

What is claimed is- 1. The combination with a substantially horizontalsupporting-beam, of a track, havv ing an inverted substantially L-shapedsuspending-flange secured to and rising from the top of the track,embracing the upperedge of the beam, and secured thereto, and a lateralange secured to and projecting from the bottom of the track and securedto the under side of the beam.

2. In a door-hanger, the combination with a substantially horizontalsupporting-beam, of a tubular track, having an outer laterallyopeninglongitudinal slot, an outwardly-directed flange at the upper edge of theslot, and a pendent ange at the outer edge of said outwardly directedflange, a substantially L-shaped and inverted iange secured to the upperedge of the track and embracing the upper edge of' the beam, a lateralflange secn red to and projecting from the lower side of the track andlifting against the under side of the beam, fastenings connecting therespective iianges to the beam, and a rollerbracket, having a lateralshaft or stud which projects through the slot and into the tubulartrack, and a roller or wheel mounted upon the shaft or stud andtraveling within the track, the outwardly-directed and pendent flangesforming a roof or shed which incloses the upper end of the bracket andthe shaft.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

FREDERICK A. ENGLEBRIGHT.

Witnesses:

E. STODLER, E. W. KNEMEYER.

